The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
A superstitious schoolmaster courts the richest girl in a sleepy Dutch valley, and rides home alone past the church at midnight. The Headless Horseman came from this story, and almost nothing else about it matches the version people think they know.
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Good for English learners
The original American ghost story. One long sitting, and the last page leaves the question open on purpose.
Level B2. This is the original text, not a simplified or abridged version, so you read the real classic.
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